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Together with leading experts in computing systems, chip technology, software, and artificial intelligence, you will help define how future AI infrastructure is built, optimized, and scaled.\nThis is not a product maintenance role. It is an opportunity to explore breakthrough architectures that could shape the next decade of AI and high-performance computing.\n\nWhat you will do\n\nAs a Principal AI & High-Performance Computing Architect, you will drive innovation across the entire computing stack, from AI applications and system software to processors, accelerators, and semiconductor technologies.\nYou will create models, simulations, and design explorations that help identify the most promising paths toward future AI computing systems that deliver significant improvements in performance, energy efficiency, and sustainability.\nYour responsibilities include:\n\nExploring architectural solutions for next-generation AI and high-performance computing clusters.\n\nAnalysing the behaviour and performance characteristics of large-scale AI workloads.\n\nDeveloping performance models that identify bottlenecks and opportunities for innovation.\n\nEvaluating future processor, accelerator, memory, and system designs.\n\nCollaborating with experts in computer architecture, AI, semiconductor technology, system software, and modelling.\n\nDefining requirements for future AI computing platforms and processor architectures.\n\nGuiding strategic research directions through data-driven performance analysis and projections.\n\nContributing to breakthrough innovations that improve performance, energy efficiency, operational cost, and environmental impact.\n\nWho you are\n\nMaster’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant STEM degree, with at least around 8 years of experience.  \n\nExperience with performance analysis, engineering, and optimization of HPC applications, such as molecular dynamics and computational fluid dynamics, \n\nExperience in AI for HPC is a plus.  \n\nExperience with distributed AI/ML applications, such as LLM training and inference.  \n\nExperience in system performance modeling ranging from a single device (e.g. a GPU) to a machine scale (e.g. a cluster). \n\nGood understanding of GPU (preferably XPU) system architectures, distributed programming models, runtime resource management, and microarchitecture.  \n\nStrong programming ability in C++ and Python. 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